National Button Day

Yesterday was Button Day;

I somehow let it slip

Or maybe I just chose instead

To button up my lip.

 

Begun in 1938,

This date was set aside

To celebrate the crafters

Who keep notions stores supplied.

 

For think about your buttons –

Not those round ones, white and plain

But the myriad varieties

That sewing sites contain.

 

There are endless shapes and colors

And materials as well,

Most with little holes for threading –

Look real close and you can tell.

 

Why, the perfect style of button

Can improve a garment’s looks

And as fasteners, they’re easier

Than zippers, snaps or hooks.

 

Just don’t push somebody’s buttons,

Even one who’s button cute

For on Button Day (or one day late)

We owe them a salute.